Ireland Popularity by Year
Follow Ireland across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Ireland birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Girls | 83 | #2,214 | Down 362 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 108 | #1,852 | Up 113 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 5 | #12,239 | Down 1,376 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 100 | #1,965 | Down 509 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 6 | #10,863 | Up 1,282 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 152 | #1,456 | Down 46 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 154 | #1,410 | Down 164 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 182 | #1,246 | Down 68 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 5 | #12,145 | Up 11 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 201 | #1,178 | Up 3 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 5 | #12,156 | Up 29 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 203 | #1,181 | Up 43 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 196 | #1,224 | Down 106 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 5 | #12,185 | Down 99 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 226 | #1,118 | Down 126 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 5 | #12,086 | Down 1,320 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 272 | #992 | Down 8 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 271 | #984 | No rank change |
| 2013 | Girls | 255 | #984 | Up 195 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 208 | #1,179 | Down 172 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 250 | #1,007 | Down 175 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 6 | #10,766 | Down 1,781 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 323 | #832 | Down 13 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 8 | #8,985 | Up 2,052 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 345 | #819 | Up 15 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 6 | #11,037 | Down 2,122 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 339 | #834 | Up 41 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 8 | #8,915 | Up 1,747 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 319 | #875 | Up 151 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 6 | #10,662 | Down 511 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 249 | #1,026 | Down 26 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 6 | #10,151 | Down 1,224 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 244 | #1,000 | Up 19 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 7 | #8,927 | Up 1,967 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 231 | #1,019 | Up 43 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 5 | #10,894 | Down 1,502 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 211 | #1,062 | Down 98 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 6 | #9,392 | Down 1,053 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 230 | #964 | Down 58 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 7 | #8,339 | Up 1,292 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 250 | #906 | Up 429 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 141 | #1,335 | Down 181 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 169 | #1,154 | Down 336 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 5 | #9,631 | Down 616 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 260 | #818 | Up 1,165 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 72 | #1,983 | Down 53 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 5 | #9,015 | Down 5,281 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 74 | #1,930 | Up 3,747 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 16 | #5,677 | Up 3,909 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 8 | #9,586 | Up 3,856 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 5 | #13,442 | — |
| 1952 | Boys | 5 | #3,734 | Down 396 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 5 | #3,338 | Up 92 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 5 | #3,430 | Down 490 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 7 | #2,940 | Up 519 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 5 | #3,459 | Up 21 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 5 | #3,480 | Up 479 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 5 | #3,959 | Up 192 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 5 | #4,151 | Up 59 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 5 | #4,210 | Down 9 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 5 | #4,201 | Down 4 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 5 | #4,197 | Down 983 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 8 | #3,214 | Up 1,072 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 5 | #4,286 | Down 1,171 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 8 | #3,115 | Down 19 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 8 | #3,096 | Up 885 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 5 | #3,981 | Down 465 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 6 | #3,516 | Down 601 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 6 | #2,915 | — |